{"id":205542,"date":"2026-03-25T14:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/205542\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:46:09","slug":"miami-beach-mayor-says-city-ditched-spring-break-for-wellness-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/205542\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Beach mayor says city ditched spring break for wellness tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Miami Beach<\/a> has broken up with its rowdy spring break reputation, rebranding itself as a wellness-focused destination after years of violence and chaos tied to seasonal party crowds.<\/p>\n

“We had shootings on our streets in South Beach. We had stampedes, we had people jumping on police cars<\/a>. It was just not tolerable,” Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner told “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

But that chaos, Meiner said, came before he took office. Now, the once-troubled Florida hotspot has transitioned into a hub for wellness, safety and high-end tourism.<\/p>\n

“We’re a law and order city here in Miami Beach, and we implemented DUI checks, license plate readers, heavy police presence and re-increased our parking rates, and now we’ve activated wellness conferences \u2014 fitness and investment conferences are coming here,” he added.<\/p>\n

SPRING BREAK HOT SPOTS TURN LAWLESS AS FIGHTS ERUPT, DRUGS FLOW AND DOZENS ARRESTED IN SWEEPING CRACKDOWNS<\/a><\/p>\n

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Miami Beach police patrol the streets in the Ocean Drive area of South Beach, Fla., during spring break weekend, March 23, 2025. (Giorgio Viera\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

“It’s literally the complete opposite of what we used to have.”<\/p>\n

The city also launched a viral campaign declaring it had reached a “breaking point” and decided to “[break] up” with spring break, signaling that the days of unchecked partying and disorder are over.<\/p>\n

The shift appears to be paying off.<\/p>\n

MEXICO UNREST SPARKS SPRING BREAK SHAKEUPS AT LAST MINUTE AS TRAVELERS SCRAMBLE AND PIVOT<\/a><\/p>\n

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Police make an arrest during spring break in Miami Beach, Fla., on March 16, 2024.\u00a0 (Romain Maurice\/MEGA)<\/p>\n

“We’ve actually improved our tourism<\/a> since we put in these measures,” Meiner said.<\/p>\n

“The first year, there’s some hiccups, but we are hopping as a city right now. Miami Beach is the place to be.”<\/p>\n

According to Meiner, the city is now seeing packed hotels and busy restaurants, driven in part by visitors seeking a safer experience devoid of chaos.<\/p>\n

“Our hotel room rates are full. We’re packed to capacity,” he said.<\/p>\n

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“Our restaurants are busy because people want to be safe. That’s what law and order’s about, and it’s actually helped our residents, our visitors and our businesses.”<\/p>\n

Meiner said the drastic change has been possible thanks to the work of the Miami Beach Police Department, combined with support from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.<\/p>\n

Taylor Penley is an associate editor with Fox News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Miami Beach has broken up with its rowdy spring break…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[28,15113,28765,9967,123,125,124],"class_list":{"0":"post-205542","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami","8":"tag-florida","9":"tag-fn-flash","10":"tag-fox-friends","11":"tag-fox-news-media","12":"tag-miami","13":"tag-miami-headlines","14":"tag-miami-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}